THE elegant silver birch tree in my back garden helps define the changing seasons. Nut and seed-filled feeders currently hang from its leafless pendulous boughs, providing sustenance for wild birds ...

A new study sequences the genomes of 80 silver birch trees, a tree that has not been studied much by scientists despite its commercial value for papermaking, construction, furniture-building and more.

Researchers at University of Helsinki, Finland and University at Buffalo, USA have analyzed the evolutionary history of silver birch using big data from the genomes of 150 birches. Big data is a ...

Root and Branch is the RTÉ lyric fm podcast all about our native trees presented by Brían Mac Gloinn and Anja Murray. Episode 1 tells the tale of the birch tree and the importance of this impressive ...

Yesterday a team of tree fellers travelled around Whanganui East pruning trees on the berms. Great job, but a very large silver birch on the corner of Burton Ave and Hackett St was obviously deemed to ...

A silver birch tree next to a toilet block could soon be felled as its roots keep blocking the drainage system. The tree in Wye, near Ashford, is just centimetres from public loos next to the ...